One less headache for Erasmus as veteran Bok returns
2 days ago by Ultimate RugbyAt a time when Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus is watching his injury list grow by the week, there is at least one piece of encouraging news on the horizon. Springbok lock Lood de Jager has been named...
Bok star has unfinished business in Japan
3 days ago by Ultimate RugbyA prominent, Japan-based Springbok says he won’t be following some of his fellow countrymen home just yet. Bok centre Jesse Kriel has pledged to stay at the Yokohama Canon...
Stormers project is ‘beyond’ Siya Kolisi but Springboks captain has ‘earned the right’ as John Dobson pinpoints ‘limit’
1 week ago by Ultimate RugbyJohn Dobson says that Stormers aren’t in the business of signing marquee players despite the confirmed arrivals of heavyweights Siya Kolisi and Cheslin Kolbe. The two double Rugby World Cup-winning...
RETURNING HOME: Cheslin will bring what the Stormers have lacked
1 week ago by Ultimate RugbySpringbok double World Cup winner Cheslin Kolbe’s decision to return home from the start of next season to play for the DHL Stormers will bring something that their game model desperately requires...
Japan Rugby League One 2025-26 Quarter Finals/Replacement Battles
1 week ago by Ultimate RugbyThe reign of Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan Rugby League One is over. Richie Mo’unga’s two-time defending champions had a challenging season ended at the hands of World RugbyPlayer of the Year...
Kolbe the Top Gun Under the JRLO Sun
3 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbySpringbok star heads League One Points Standings It might have been a routine kick in a game Tokyo Sungoliath had well in hand, but Springbok winger Cheslin Kolbe’s 65thminute penalty goal during...
Official Preview for Round 17 of Japan Rugby League One
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyCheslin Kolbe and Tokyo Sungoliath are back!The five-time national champions ended an unprecedented run of five consecutive defeats in Japan Rugby League One emphatically yesterday, engineering a 54-38...
Japan Rugby League One Round 15 Official Preview
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyWorld Rugby Player of the Year Malcolm Marx bagged just his second try of the season, but it was as important asany other he has scored in Japan Rugby League One, as Kubota Spears bounced back from last...
Japan Rugby League One 2025-26 Round 13 Review
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbySaitama Wild Knights pulled off their late late show for the second time in three weeks when replacement propLisala Finau ploughed through a pile of defenders in the 84th minute to break Tokyo Sungoliath...
Official Preview for Round 12 of Japan Rugby League One
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbyTwo seasons ago, Ricoh BlackRams Tokyo were fighting for survival as a Division One entity, forced to scrap theirway to salvation in the post-season Replacement Battle.On Saturday, they will attempt to...
